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gy by controlling solar heat gain, and enhance occupant comfort and productivity by allowing more daylighting and minimizing glare, the company reports. SAGE’s (www.sage-ec.com) products are available in VELUX skylights and many commercial window, curtain wall and skylight systems. Reader Service No. 111 Greenbuild Booth #1659: Humanscale’s (www.humanscale.com) NeatLinks is a cable management system designed to neatly house and route cables, power strips and ballasts (bricks). NeatLinks help keep under-the-desk areas clear of the messy and tangled cables and wires commonly found in today’s workplaces, the company reports. NeatLinks can be mounted in any direction on nearly any plane with just two screws or adhesive tape. The NeatLinks components are larger than traditional cable management systems to better accommodate and organize the multiple cables, power strips and ballasts needed regularly in office environments. NeatLinks and the washers used for screw installations are made of 100 percent recyclable ABS. The device also contains up to 50 percent post-consumer recycled content. Reader Service No. 112 Greenbuild Booth #425: Tensotherm with Nanogel is a new fabric membrane rooﬁng product that offers the ﬂexibility and translucency of Birdair’s (www.birdair.com) tensile rooﬁng fabrics, but with the added beneﬁts of electric lighting and controls daylight using automated window shades. The Lutron Quantum Solution is a whole-building light and energy management system to control ﬂuorescent light and daylight. Quantum reduces energy consumption and lowers operating costs, while improving the comfort and productivity of the people in the space. Reader Service No. 106 Greenbuild Booth #607: As Dow (www. dow.com/carpet) continues to focus on developing innovative solutions to address the earth’s energy challenges, the Emulsion Polymers business has created LOMAX Technology. LOMAX Technology uses renewable uct. The collection features EcoWorx tile and EcoWorx Broadloom backings, which are recyclable into more EcoWorx at the end of the product’s useful life. The Eco Solution Q face ﬁber is also recyclable, meaning that the product becomes new carpet again without going to a landﬁll, according to the company. Through Shaw’s (www.shawcontractgroup.com) environmental guarantee, it will collect all EcoWorx products and recycle them into new backing at no cost to the customer. Reader Service No. 109 Greenbuild Booth #1447: New software developments are being added to Integrated Environmental Solutions’ (IES / www.iesve.com) VE-Toolkits, and updates are being added to the IES VE Google SketchUp plug-in, the company reports. In addition, IES will also be launching new architecture-focused sales pack- energy (currently landﬁll gas) to manufacture Dow latex carpet backings, which, according to the company, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and assists customers in developing high-performance products with sustainable attributes. Reader Service No. 107 Greenbuild Booth #2737: Gerﬂor’s (www. gerﬂor-us.com) newest resilient vinyl ﬂooring product, Taraﬂex Futsal, features up to 43 percent recycled material content, is 100 percent recyclable at the end of its lifespan and can provide credit contributions to LEED certiﬁcation, the company reports. With the addition of Triple Action Protecsol, Taraﬂex Futsal only requires simple maintenance and cleans with a damp mop using a minimal amount of water and safe alkaline detergent. Players beneﬁt from a reduced risk of friction burns by a decrease in the heat generated between a sliding player and the ﬂoor. Reader Service No. 108 Greenbuild Booth #1100: Essay of Clues, designed in collaboration with William McDonough, is a Cradle to Cradle-certiﬁed prod- ages. New early design stage tools and interoperability with Google SketchUp, Autodesk Revit and gbXML from any BIM/CAD vendor by IES allows users to track energy use, carbon emissions and much more from the very earliest massing stages, through concept, to detailed design, and beyond. Reader Service No. 110 Greenbuild Booth #844: Electronically tintable SageGlass glazing products conserve ener- Cabot Corporation’s (www.cabot-corp.com) Nanogel aerogel, a feather-light insulation layer that signiﬁcantly enhances the material’s thermal performance while maximizing daylighting, the companies report. Tensotherm functions as a mainstream rooﬁng option that insulates like standard rooﬁng while promoting natural daylighting. Nanogel aerogel is also Cradle to Cradle Silver certiﬁed by MBDC. Reader Service No. 113 W W W . S U S TA I N A B L E F A C I L I T Y. C O M 17 http://www.sage-ec.com http://www.humanscale.com http://www.shawcontractgroup.com http://www.dow.com/carpet http://www.dow.com/carpet http://www.iesve.com http://www.birdair.com http://www.gerflor-us.com http://www.gerflor-us.com http://www.cabot-corp.com http://WWW.SUSTAINABLEFACILITY.COM

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Sustainable Facility - November 2008 Contents Editorial Industry Watch Web TOC New and Notable The Case for Daytime Cleaning Commitment to Energy Effi ciency and Sustainability Finding the Green Solar for the Commercial and Industrial Sector: What’s Hot Now? Connecting Sustainability and Green Cleaning Recycling Rechargeable Batteries Sharing Best Practices The Consultant Conundrum Sharing the Facilities Management Burden The Building Owner’s and Operator’s Sustainability Solution: Energy Audits Greenbuild: Green Product Buzz Guide Product Focus Marketplace and Classifieds Advertiser’s Index Initiatives

Sustainable Facility - November 2008

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